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Old 08-13-2010 | 08:01 PM
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Does anyone have a working sunroof relay I could borrow for a day? I could pick up and deliver back, a new one is pretty expensive so I'd like to make sure that's what it is before I replace it. Also my dash stopped working (All gauges don't work) and the fuse is okay, any tips?
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Anyone have any ideas? Is there a power wire for the dash that could cause all the gauges to fail at once if it broke, or a ground that would do the same? Someone please help me start
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Did you search Clarks-garage for help.

I had the cluster stop illuminating and it ended up being a fuse although nothing looked wrong with the fuse. I put a new one in and it lit up again and later I found out it was the fact that I forgot to put the license plate lights back in after painting the car and the wires were hitting the metal inside the trunk and shorting and taking out the fuse.
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Yes I looked on Clarks-Garage, no help there. It's not that the gauges aren't illuminating, it's that they don't function. They all stay at 0 with the car on. I know the engine doesn't run at 0 RPM!
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Could it be a ground issue ???
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It looks like one wire melted off the printed circuit board. Any ideas if I can repair or do I need a new cluster?
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Not an electronics expert, but personally, I would look for a new cluster. Try to find the cause of the failure first, could happen again.
Then I would find someone in the electronics field to look at the old cluster to see if it could actually be repaired.
But that's just me.
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So I'm following the wire (Pin 3 Connector B, GN/BK off of the instrument cluster) in the wiring diagram in the Shop Manual (Vol. 5 Electrical, page 18) and it goes to DME Connection F46. Anyone know where that connector is in the manual?
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you may have to replace the component but it looks to be a fairly easy solder job.



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